The performance of the clock drawing test in elderly medical inpatients: Does it have utility in the identification of delirium?

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-133

  Adamis, Dimitrios ^a   Morrison, Catriona ^a   Treloar, Adrian ^b   Macdonald, Alastair J D ^c   Martin, Finbarr C ^a,d  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxleas NHS Foundation Mental Health Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clock Drawing Test (CDT); Delirium; Elderly; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DRAWING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 24644466763     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988705277535     Document Type: Article

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